“The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Alexia Sherman is a novel set on an Indian reservation called Spokane, located northeast of Washington. Junior. The character takes us into his everyday world where he encounters battles such as his identity, loss of loved ones, dealing with hope in Rez and poverty in Rez. Despite his struggles, he decides to find hope and leave Rez and in that hope, he develops friendships. , a future, dreams and happiness he could never have imagined. At the beginning, Junior introduces us to one of his biggest struggles that he faces, which is the physical problem. At six months old, Junior had to have surgery due to illness. called cerebrospinal fluid. His conditions did not allow him to develop a normal-sized body due to the physical challenge. The junior didn't have the best childhood on the ground floor or at school as he says, he belongs to the "Black-Eye-of-the Mouth Club" (Alexie 4). Faced with his physical difficulties, he also endures poverty in Rez. He believed the reason his family stayed in Rez was poverty. He imagined his family as important people in life, doing great things but poverty kept them downstairs. He grew up seeing people doing the same thing and getting nowhere in life. Her town, Rez, was her home, but she had no hope. So he thought his education was going nowhere, when he realized that his math book belonged to his mother when she was a student there. Which caused Junior to throw the book at Mr. P and get suspended. Later that night, Mr. P gave Junior a decision to make for his life, even though Junior was going through his battles, Mr. P saw hope in Junio...... middle of paper. .....anoint.Junior's mission that night was to beat Rowdy and that's exactly what Junior did that night. it was a great night for the team, but for the juniors he felt a little guilty because it wasn't what he wanted in return. all he wanted was for his tribe to love and accept him. Junior had to experience more heartbreaking news at home, his sister died from alcohol. Junior wasn't surprised at the cause of his sister's death, but he was sad that everyone he loved died for the same reason, because of alcohol. This gave Junior confirmation of why he was chasing his dreams. The death of his younger sister brought him closer to his family and reconciled with Rowdy, eventually Rowdy accepted that Junior followed his dreams. Junior was finally comfortable in his own skin. finally realizing that he was going to get through this. Rez wasn't just his only tribe, he belonged to many tribes